Climate Change
Climate Change/Environment Resources –2011
“We appeal to all nations to develop and implement, without delay, effective and fair policies to reduce the causes and impacts of climate change on communities and ecosystems, including mountain glaciers and their watersheds, aware that we all live in the same home…We are committed to ensuring that all inhabitants of this planet receive their daily bread, fresh air to breathe and clean water to drink as we are aware that, if we want justice and peace, we must protect the habitat that sustains us.”
–Vatican Document on Climate Change, May 2011
This is the official site of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and offers a wealth of information about the causes and effects of climate change. It also offers specific information about what you can do to alleviate the effects of climate change in a variety of settings.
The Climate Change Resource Center (CCRC) is a reference website for resource managers and decision makers who need information and tools to address climate issues.
www.catholicsandclimatechange.org
Find updates, articles, workshops, and presentations, on how to engage in the issue of climate change from a Catholic perspective.
www.edf.org/documents/1247_ESK.pdf
This site offers an extensive environmental sustainability kit with multiple tools for engaging communities in building sustainable communities.
This is the official site for the Rio + 20 Earth Summit to be held in Brazil in June of 2012.
Stakeholder Forum has set up this site as an information hub to provide updates, background information and analysis towards Rio+20.
www.richmonddiocese.org/cst/ecology%202.htm
The links on this page are intended to help religious educators with activities, lesson plans, reflections and prayers around environmental justice.